Vitamini D imathandiza thupi lanu kuyamwa calcium ndikukhala ndi mafupa olimba moyo wanu wonse. Thupi lanu limapanga vitamini D pamene kuwala kwa dzuwa kwa UV kukhudza khungu lanu. Magwero ena abwino a vitaminiyi ndi nsomba, mazira, ndi mkaka wothira mafuta. Imapezekanso ngati chowonjezera pazakudya.

Vitamini D iyenera kudutsa m'njira zingapo m'thupi lanu lisanayambe kuigwiritsa ntchito. Kusintha koyamba kumachitika m'chiwindi. Apa, thupi lanu limasintha vitamini D kukhala mankhwala otchedwa 25-hydroxyvitamin D, omwe amatchedwanso calcidiol.

Kuyesa kwa 25-hydroxy vitamini D ndiyo njira yabwino kwambiri yowunikira kuchuluka kwa vitamini D. Kuchuluka kwa 25-hydroxyvitamin D m'magazi anu ndi chizindikiro chabwino cha kuchuluka kwa vitamini D m'thupi lanu. Kuyesaku kungathe kudziwa ngati kuchuluka kwa vitamini D m'thupi lanu kuli kokwera kwambiri kapena kotsika kwambiri.

Mayesowa amadziwikanso kuti mayeso a 25-OH vitamini D ndi mayeso a calcidiol 25-hydroxycholecalcifoerol. Ikhoza kukhala chizindikiro chofunikira chakufooka kwa mafupa(kufooka kwa mafupa) ndiziphuphu(kusokonekera kwa mafupa).

Dokotala wanu angapemphe kuti muyesedwe ndi 25-hydroxy vitamin D pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana. Zingawathandize kudziwa ngati vitamini D wochuluka kapena wochepa kwambiri akuyambitsa kufooka kwa mafupa kapena matenda ena. Zingayang'anirenso anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chokhala ndi matenda a mtima.kusowa kwa vitamini D.

Anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu chokhala ndi vitamini D yochepa ndi awa:

• anthu omwe samakhala ndi dzuwa nthawi zambiri
• akuluakulu
• anthu onenepa kwambiri
• makanda omwe amayamwitsidwa kokha (nthawi zambiri mkaka wa m'mawere umakhala ndi vitamini D wochuluka)
• anthu omwe adachitapo opaleshoni ya m'mimba
• anthu omwe ali ndi matenda omwe amakhudza matumbo ndipo zimapangitsa kuti thupi lizilephera kuyamwa zakudya mongaMatenda a Crohn

Dokotala wanu angafunenso kuti muyesedwe ndi 25-hydroxy vitamin D ngati atakupezani kale kuti muli ndi vuto la kusowa kwa vitamini D ndipo akufuna kuona ngati chithandizocho chikugwira ntchito.